Under the resolution, whose draft was adopted in October by the UNGA's fourth committee with consensus, the UN general assembly "supports the process of negotiations initiated by Security Council resolution 1754 (2007) and further sustained by Council resolutions 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008) and 1871 (2009), with the aim to reaching a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution," to this regional dispute.

    The UN general assembly takes note of efforts and developments made since 2006, referring to the momentum created by the Moroccan initiative to grant autonomy to the Sahara region.

    It also welcomes the "commitment of the parties to continue to show political will and work in an atmosphere propitious for dialogue, in order to enter into a more intensive phase of negotiations, with good will and with no pre-conditions," as well as the ongoing negotiations between the parties under the auspices of the U N.

    The General Assembly welcomes the appointment of Christopher Ross as the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahara, and expresses its satisfaction with the holding of an informal meeting convened by Ross on 10-11 August 2009 in Dürnstein, Austria, to prepare for the fifth round of negotiations.

   By adopting this resolution, the General Assembly, as did the UN Security Council, urges all parties to show political will to overcome blockades and enter into a more intensive and substantial phase of negotiations that could guarantee progress towards a final solution to the conflict.

    The UN general assembly, by highlighting the adoption by the UN security council of resolutions 1754 and 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), and 1871 (2009), recognizes the serious and credible efforts of Morocco reflected in the autonomy proposal, and reminds the parties of the necessity to show realism and a spirit of compromise. 

 Source: MAP

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